3 Osceola commissioners headed toward re-election

Osceola County voters will apparently retain all three county commissioners on the ballot in Tuesday's election.

In District 1, incumbent Michael Harford led former two-term Commissioner Paul Owen. With early and absentee votes counted, and with 13 of 78 precincts reporting, Harford had 56 percent of the vote.

It's the third time the two have faced off. Owen, a Republican, turned back a challenge from Democrat Harford in 2004, but lost to him in 2008.

Incumbents Brandon Arrington and Fred Hawkins Jr. led by wider margins in Districts 3 and 5, respectively. Arrington had nearly 79 percent of the vote over Republican Jeffery Goldmacher. Hawkins was leading independent challenger Chad Carnell with almost 67 percent of the vote.